Sunday, August 23, 2015

TS Hawkins is an internationally known poet and author. She clearly remembers the day she signed up for a poetry class as a student at Temple University. I'll just Dr. Seuss my way through this, she thought...CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Do we give ourselves room to be ourselves? Or do we allow societal structures to solely shape how we navigate and exist in the world today? Using W.E.B DuBois work as a template, these six women explore how the concepts of "to be the problem" and "to live in privilege" collide, survive and thrive physically and linguistically in everyday life.

Friday, April 10, 2015

The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G, by TS Hawkins, journeys through the lives of seven girls being escorted into womanhood. Embracing multiple levels of play, the girls teach one another ways to interact with the world at large. Using poetic dialogue, these girls introduce that their similarities expand beyond their assigned genders while exploring how their differences bring them together. Positioning itself as a foreshadowing to Ntozake Shange's work "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf", The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G highlights the embryonic spark of when all girls gather; soothing one’s aches, sorting each one’s puzzles, and sharing one’s triumphs with her chosen collective.

Monday, April 6, 2015

We see disparity in the workplace, in our wages, in limited paternity leave; we see it in our government, in our educational system, in products and advertising, and in the way women are portrayed by the media. Even in the arts, of all places, where you would expect opportunities to be fairest and most liberally balanced, we still see it. Too often, women's creative voices are being overshadowed. If you're a dramaturg, director, designer, stage manager or actor, you already know this, because you've probably worked to bring countless men's creative visions to life. It's not just a concern for us; It's a concern for the next generation.

The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G journeys through the lives of seven girls being escorted into womanhood. Embracing multiple levels of play, the girls teach one another ways to interact with the world at large. Using poetic dialogue, these girls introduce that their similarities expand beyond their assigned genders while exploring how their differences bring them together. Positioning itself as a foreshadowing to Ntozake Shange’s work “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”, The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G highlights the embryonic spark of when all girls gather; soothing one’s aches, sorting each one’s puzzles, and sharing one’s triumphs with her chosen collective.Meet the Cast/Crew of "The Secret Life of Wonder: a prologue in G"
Playwright: TS Hawkins
Director: Amber Emory